As a teenage boy in Vancouver in the mid-1980s, Scott Stewart stared intently at his television screen. Read more...

Photo: Coach Scott Stewart came to UCLA’s club rugby team and revitalized it in the mid-2000s, earning players’ respect because of his prior experience playing the sport professionally. He was inspired by his father, who played against UCLA and once thought about becoming the coach of the Bruin rugby team.

Sunny Los Angeles is anything but a competitive skiing hot spot – for Kelsey Wittels, though, the two go together just fine. Read more...

Photo: No Snow, No Problem: Bruin pursues passion for competitive skiing even at UCLA

In the forest of Mount San Jacinto State Park, six friends from UCLA spent a recent Sunday climbing seemingly sheer rock face. Read more...

Photo: On a recent climbing trip, third-year political science student Guillaume Hansel overcame the psychological challenge of climbing without ropes to scramble high up a boulder.